Since April 2018, HKIST has been fully accredited under the Government’s Pilot Accredited Registers Scheme for Healthcare Professions and is responsible for managing the register of speech therapists. Individuals listed in the Register of Speech Therapists have been entitled to use the title of “Member of Register of Speech Therapists accredited by Department of Health”. As the government has updated the registrant titles of all accredited healthcare professional organizations, HKIST members should use the following title with immediate effect:

Chinese title: 認可名冊言語治療師
English title: Speech Therapist in Accredited Register